Looking for gearing and helix

[otterpoo]

I am looking for these items for a 05 Switchback 900. Where is the best place to buy these parts or does someone have these for sale.

19-41 gearing and chain
66-44 Team helix
new secondary spring

 

[benamen]

helix info

http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=247379

 

[Z-Man]

they don't have any 66-44-46 helix's left but they have this 62-44-46 ER helix that will work on clearance till they are gone.
https://teamaftermarket.com/main/ca...t-helixes/hlx-s-62-44-46-e-62-42-46-e-420733/

 

[otterpoo]

Carl's has the 66-44-46 for $102. What is the difference between the two?

 

[Z-Man]

According to Indydan a higher first number will tend to trench more in deep powder when you first start going. I just put a 58-46-46 in mine.

 

[otterpoo]

According to Indydan a higher first number will tend to trench more in deep powder when you first start going. I just put a 58-46-46 in mine.

MountainHorse recommended the 66-44-46 maybe because I ride a lot of trails and the deep only occasionally. It is also a 144 inch track.

 

[guidoxpress]

the 66 initial angle will hook up like crazy on the trails, but not the best for deep pow riding, like zman said it will trench more then a lower initial angle...

just make sure you get a 44 or 46 middle angle and a 46 finish angle....

zman helped me learn alot of this...

 

[otterpoo]

Thanks Z and Xpress for the info. A quick hook up from the start sounds like it may be a good thing for the conditions we have here. But keeping myself from trenching might have kept me out of that 6 foot deep drift I dug myself out of 3 times without a shovel. Instead of calling my 900 a tractor I nickname it a rototiller.

 

[Z-Man]

Thanks Z and Xpress for the info. A quick hook up from the start sounds like it may be a good thing for the conditions we have here. But keeping myself from trenching might have kept me out of that 6 foot deep drift I dug myself out of 3 times without a shovel. Instead of calling my 900 a tractor I nickname it a rototiller.

The correct name is Trencher.. Just ask anyone who has ever tried to follow a 166 tracked 900

 

[otterpoo]

Helix andchain length?

What size chain do I need with 19-41 gearing on a 05 900? Which helix would be better with this gearing and used riding low elevation trails and occasional deep out of these two 66-44-46/66-40-46 or 66-44-46/66-42-46?

 

[Z-Man]

either one, you are going to ride it in the 66-44-46 position.

 

[Danbot]

According to Indydan a higher first number will tend to trench more in deep powder when you first start going. I just put a 58-46-46 in mine.

the 66 initial angle will hook up like crazy on the trails, but not the best for deep pow riding, like zman said it will trench more then a lower initial angle...

just make sure you get a 44 or 46 middle angle and a 46 finish angle....

zman helped me learn alot of this...

Good discussion on helix angles here.....
Ive been wondering if I should try my second track on my helix.
When I went shopping for a helix, I started talking with Chris Kasel. Initially I was looking for the 719, but he recommended the 409 (64/40.46 - 64/44.46) and told me to run it in the 40 track. That's where it has been since.... but I did so many things at once (mountain conversion on the Switchback) there was no way to measure improvement. What do you guys think?